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house speaker john boehner gets his way on the budget? welcome to boehnerville where the rich won't pay their fair share. our children's educations will be cut. medicaid medicare and social security will put at risk and the economic recovery would falter. >> jennifer: so it's airing against a handful of house republicans. do you think that's a strategy that is going to work to have that outside pressure? >> i think it's important to keep up the pressure against the republicans, just like the republicans are trying to keep up the pressure against the president and the democrats, but this thing is going to get resolved. right now the president is in a very strong position. i think he has the full support of his party behind him. speaker boehner, i think is always looking over his shoulder. it is the tea party tail that wags the republican party dog in washington these days. hopefully he'll find a way to pass a package that will help the country in a time of need. >> jennifer: i must say i take a little bit of pleasure in watching them squir
house speaker john boehner gets his way on the budget? welcome to boehnerville where the rich won't pay their fair share. our children's educations will be cut. medicaid medicare and social security will put at risk and the economic recovery would falter. >> jennifer: so it's airing against a handful of house republicans. do you think that's a strategy that is going to work to have that outside pressure? >> i think it's important to keep up the pressure against the republicans, just...
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boehner has his way. the good news, if there is any came from white house press secretary jay carney who recalled other republican red lines that the g.o.p. went on to kind of have to smudge. >> we would never allow tax rates go up. we'll never allow them go up on anyone making less than $1 million. and we'll never let the top rate go back to the clinton era all of these things happened. do you know why they happened? the american people supported those positions that the president took. >> john: but will the american believe in g.o.p. cry that this is all the president asphalt? president's fault. for more let's go to robert reich, labor secretary under president bill clinton and author of "we beyond outrage." good evening. it's a pleasure to have you back. >> good evening. >> john: is president obama to blame as speaker boehner insists if the sequester goes through. if i hold a gun to your head and hold you hostage do i get to blame you that you're late to work? >> only in ad verse way. they suffer from
boehner has his way. the good news, if there is any came from white house press secretary jay carney who recalled other republican red lines that the g.o.p. went on to kind of have to smudge. >> we would never allow tax rates go up. we'll never allow them go up on anyone making less than $1 million. and we'll never let the top rate go back to the clinton era all of these things happened. do you know why they happened? the american people supported those positions that the president took....
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the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. we respond to innocent victims of natural disasters, not as republicans or democrats, but as americans, or at least we did until last night. >> jennifer: now criticism like that has prompted speaker boehner to change his tune. he now says that congress will take up that storm-relief package this week. coming us tonight from washington to talk about why congress did fail to act is andrew krol a reporter with "mother jones." andy welcome back. happy new year. >> happy new year to you too. >> jennifer: stenny holder says that eric cantor told him that he was 99.9% sure that a sandy package would in fact make it to the floor. and this was before last night. what happened? >> these -- this relief package for the victims of hurricane sandy, focusing on the damage in new york and new jersey was expected to be handled last night amidst all of the fiscal cliff drama, and about an hour before midnight as far as we know house speaker john boehner pulled the vote on this. he quietly said there wa
the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. we respond to innocent victims of natural disasters, not as republicans or democrats, but as americans, or at least we did until last night. >> jennifer: now criticism like that has prompted speaker boehner to change his tune. he now says that congress will take up that storm-relief package this week. coming us tonight from washington to talk about why congress did fail to act is andrew krol a reporter with "mother jones." andy...
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let's start with boehner. today he came out and gave the same stonewall answer that he always does, saying hey i want low taxes for the top 2%, i don't want to raise their taxes at all. what's amazing is how similar his language is to the same things he said back in 1993 dealing with president clinton. watch that. >> we republicans are rely gated to the sidelines even though we have a solid plan ready to go to reduce the deficit a plan with no tax increases and true cuts in government spending. >> the president still has not made an offer that meets those two standards but republicans have. >> president can talk about deficit reduction and spending cuts all he wants. the problem is that's not what his program's all about. >> while the president promise the american people a balanced approach his proposals have been anything but. >> clinton must understand that he has to cut spending for real. he has to reduce the deficit. for real. it's clear the president's just not serious about cutting spending. but spendin
let's start with boehner. today he came out and gave the same stonewall answer that he always does, saying hey i want low taxes for the top 2%, i don't want to raise their taxes at all. what's amazing is how similar his language is to the same things he said back in 1993 dealing with president clinton. watch that. >> we republicans are rely gated to the sidelines even though we have a solid plan ready to go to reduce the deficit a plan with no tax increases and true cuts in government...
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john boehner is meeting with president obama on the fiscal cliff as we speak. those are the headlines. tonight in "the war room," you'll get the story. ♪ which side are you on, boy ♪ ♪ which side are you on ♪ >> jennifer: let's start tonight with one of california's most significant contributions to the world... blue jeans! during the gold rush, bavarian immigrant began making durable cotton pants for miners seeking their fortune in the california hills. that man was levi strauss. now, 140 years later 450 million pairs of jeans are sold every year in the u.s. alone. now, you would think with that volume, the manufacturing process would be totally mechanized but actually a lot of it is still done by hand. a typical pair of jeans is made from 15 individual pieces, someone has to oversee cutting all of those pieces and sew them together and as you can see in this discovery channel documentary, the seams get ironed out flat then the zipper and the rivets are attached and finally, because who wants new-looking jeans they get distressed. workers put them on g
john boehner is meeting with president obama on the fiscal cliff as we speak. those are the headlines. tonight in "the war room," you'll get the story. ♪ which side are you on, boy ♪ ♪ which side are you on ♪ >> jennifer: let's start tonight with one of california's most significant contributions to the world... blue jeans! during the gold rush, bavarian immigrant began making durable cotton pants for miners seeking their fortune in the california hills. that man was...
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whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech issue. where do they stand on free speech. >> there is a divide and has been ever since sandra day owe o'connor left, and replaced that's how they came down in cities eyecitizens united and it looks that's how they'll come down in mccutcheons. >> michael: now we return to the campaign front where mark sanford is fine tuning his campaign message for the house seat. he's turning that pesky negative, the one about running off to argentina to visit your mistress while telling everyone you're taking, he's turning it into talking points. >> i absolutely failed in my personal life and my marriage. but o
whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech...
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people are saying obama is reasonable boehner and the republicans unreasonable. easy got to make a deal in that sense, too. they're going to do the grand bargain. both sides are really, really motivated. both sides are super motivated. now really good piece of news about elizabeth warren. >> she was named to the bank committee. two senators retiring in january announced they're retirements. they were on the bank committee. the bank spent a lot of money to see her not get elected spent a lot of lobbying power to see her not named the the committee. remember, $3 million were given to scott brown by bankers in that campaign, $245,000 only to warren. >> they knocked her out of the consumer protection bureau, which was her idea. she just wants safe banking. she doesn't want banking she wants safer banking so your money is safe and they don't gamble with it. that's why the banks hate it. >> it's why smaller banks are not opposed to warren. >> that's a great point. i love that they put mention in there, hey banks we have to put elizabeth warren, but don't worry, we're g
people are saying obama is reasonable boehner and the republicans unreasonable. easy got to make a deal in that sense, too. they're going to do the grand bargain. both sides are really, really motivated. both sides are super motivated. now really good piece of news about elizabeth warren. >> she was named to the bank committee. two senators retiring in january announced they're retirements. they were on the bank committee. the bank spent a lot of money to see her not get elected spent a...
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listen to john boehner say whatever he wants. but cenk listen to the vice president talking. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> you know, and this is about osama bin laden in a way because the democrats have neutralized with the success of the elimination of osama bin laden, they have neutralized that issue for the republicans. not only that, even bill clinton is coming to the side of president obama, and this is i think a spectacular ad. ♪ >> it's one thing george bush said that was right. the president is the decider in chief. nobody can make that decision for you. look, he knew what would happen. suppose the navy seals had gone in there and it hadn't been bin laden. suppose they had been captured or killed. the down side would have been horrible, but he reasoned. i cannot in good conscious do nothing. he took the harder and the more honorable path, and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> it's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one
listen to john boehner say whatever he wants. but cenk listen to the vice president talking. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> you know, and this is about osama bin laden in a way because the democrats have neutralized with the success of the elimination of osama bin laden, they have neutralized that issue for the republicans. not only that, even bill clinton is coming to the side of president obama, and this is i think a spectacular ad. ♪ >> it's...
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for boehner that was a deal breaker. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks"." last night joe biden gave a speech about how president obama had a spine of steel! i got to be honest with you i wasn't buying it. there were good parts to biden's speech and there were a lot of things i liked about the democratic convention, but this steely courage did not ring true to me given how he has acted and reacted during negotiations with republicans. now there is a new book about that by bob woodward. he sat down with diane sawyer, and they'll air the entire interview on monday. but here is one piece of it. >> after president obama and john boehner secretly tried to agree to the debt. the stakes were higher than anybody remained. >> you talk about 44 days that were the equivalent, the financial equivalent to the cuban missile crisis. >> it was so serious they couldn't tell the world how bad it was at the time. >> woodward writes the two men were astonishingly close to actually getting it done. a m
for boehner that was a deal breaker. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks"." last night joe biden gave a speech about how president obama had a spine of steel! i got to be honest with you i wasn't buying it. there were good parts to biden's speech and there were a lot of things i liked about the democratic convention, but this steely courage did not ring true to me given how he has acted and reacted during negotiations with republicans....
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for boehner that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. he knew how far out on a limb i was. at that point boehner did not even bother returning the president's calls, instead telling the reporters that the talks were over. only then calling the president back. i was angry. there's no doubt that i thought it was profoundly irresponsible at that stage to not call me back immediately and let me know what is going on. the talks reflected badly on every, especially the president. it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. that was trouble for every but especially for obama. >> cenk: yeah well it's funny. i don't agree with that interpretation either. there's a lot that i blame the president for but the guy who broke down negotiates was calling the president back when he called you three times in one day that's enormously disrespectful and totally unacceptable. forget the disrespectful part to the office of the presidency, but its disrespectful to the p
for boehner that was a deal breaker. he wasn't going to get a damn dime more out of me, boehner told woodward. he knew how far out on a limb i was. at that point boehner did not even bother returning the president's calls, instead telling the reporters that the talks were over. only then calling the president back. i was angry. there's no doubt that i thought it was profoundly irresponsible at that stage to not call me back immediately and let me know what is going on. the talks reflected badly...
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beyonce sang, boehner went wept, and we were able to see what an inauguration party looked like. last saturday was gun appreciation day lead to go five accidental shootings nationwide. next saturday it's running with scissors appreciate day. today is the birthday of attorney general eric holder, j master j and 36 years ago my friends president jimmy carter pardoned the vietnam war draft evaders. and george w bush, dick cheney and mitt romney didn't show up. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang. this is "viewpoint." thank you for spending your martin luther king jr. holiday with us. president obama marked his second inauguration at president with a speech that was less lofty and a lot of more lefty than his first time around. after taking the oath of office from chief justice john roberts mr. obama outlined a wish-list of progressive policies and programs for the next four years and called for collective action to put them in practice. >> obama: now more than ever we must do these things together as one nation and one people. we the people, understand
beyonce sang, boehner went wept, and we were able to see what an inauguration party looked like. last saturday was gun appreciation day lead to go five accidental shootings nationwide. next saturday it's running with scissors appreciate day. today is the birthday of attorney general eric holder, j master j and 36 years ago my friends president jimmy carter pardoned the vietnam war draft evaders. and george w bush, dick cheney and mitt romney didn't show up. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >>...
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john boehner will make a commitment to the president that he can't keep. he'll go back to his caucus and they won't want to do it and then he'll have to break his word to the president again. >> tom cole. >> sound byte: in my view we all agree we're not going to raise taxes on people who are making less than $250,000. we should take them out of the discussion right now. >> we should definitely take them out of the discussion that no one is having. it was the president who said, oh five, eight years now no tax increase on people making money over $250,000--under. >> stephanie: boner is standing for tax rates for those that go over. they think that's their main bargaining chip. he said some republicans on the hill operating tax cuts for the highest earners for everyone else. cole believes the reverse is true. i think we have the winning argument--no. many believe raising taxes is costing jobs. they don't get what the elections said. >> most people voteed for the president of the united states. >> by a large margin. >> stephanie: except the moral victory by r
john boehner will make a commitment to the president that he can't keep. he'll go back to his caucus and they won't want to do it and then he'll have to break his word to the president again. >> tom cole. >> sound byte: in my view we all agree we're not going to raise taxes on people who are making less than $250,000. we should take them out of the discussion right now. >> we should definitely take them out of the discussion that no one is having. it was the president who...
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." >>> up next, john boehner just can't wait to start his summer vacation. he's been looking a tad less orange, and its time to work on his tan. >>> and anthony weiner dropping in the danger zone, and there are others who are running for new york, who knew. >>> we head to the streets of kay row where the fate of the revolution is once again in the balance. bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 trillion dollars in spe
." >>> up next, john boehner just can't wait to start his summer vacation. he's been looking a tad less orange, and its time to work on his tan. >>> and anthony weiner dropping in the danger zone, and there are others who are running for new york, who knew. >>> we head to the streets of kay row where the fate of the revolution is once again in the balance. bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong,...
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if people hate john boehner republican and democrat alike. but what will filibuster reform. that could be the solution to all these problems. >> it's up to the white house to make that move. but the press in the last four words that worded has been flushed down the memory hole. you constantly read about how a bill failed in the senate. it didn't come up--they don't even say it came up for the vote in front of the senate. they haven't explained to the american people that there aren't even votes. you need more than 60 votes. filibuster is a word that describe radical strategy that the republicans have adopted and the press does not really talk about it. that i think makes it harder to get filibuster reformed passed because the republicans have not paid any price for using it again and again. there is no media pressure. >> cenk: they really haven't. david, what else have the republicans to fight for. it's not like they're going to start helping the president for the good of the american people. >> that's why filibuster reform is so important. t
if people hate john boehner republican and democrat alike. but what will filibuster reform. that could be the solution to all these problems. >> it's up to the white house to make that move. but the press in the last four words that worded has been flushed down the memory hole. you constantly read about how a bill failed in the senate. it didn't come up--they don't even say it came up for the vote in front of the senate. they haven't explained to the american people that there aren't even...
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i don't think john boehner understands what compromise means. the president reduced the income from $12.2 billion, and boehner responded with the exact same proposal. >> it's not a compromise. in fact i would say that republicans don't want taxes to go up on the middle class, so why aren't we reaching an agreement? the only reason we are now is if republicans are too stubborn to reach a compromise. >> stephanie: right. boehner is pressing towards increase in the medicare eligibility age,. again it americans don't want that. where do we go from here with this? it feels as usual just completely stalled. >> i believe a deal will be made. they'll extend the middle class tax cuts or all tax cuts will expire. does anybody really believe that republicans will vote against a tax cut for 9 #% of americans. >> stephanie: i agree with you. obviously your colleague and some others are also talking about the fact -- i have an increasing concern that the speaker is trying to string this out until january 3rd, because that's when he would be reelected speaker.
i don't think john boehner understands what compromise means. the president reduced the income from $12.2 billion, and boehner responded with the exact same proposal. >> it's not a compromise. in fact i would say that republicans don't want taxes to go up on the middle class, so why aren't we reaching an agreement? the only reason we are now is if republicans are too stubborn to reach a compromise. >> stephanie: right. boehner is pressing towards increase in the medicare eligibility...
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not to be outdone speaker boehner announced that house republicans would be making similar appearances across the country, going to small businesses to speak about the "threat to jobs posed by congressional democrats" small business tax hike. while members of congress plan to take their case to the american people, the afl-cio is planning to take the american people to members of congress sending 33 local union leaders to capitol hill to push members of congress to let the bush tax cuts expire and leave social security untouched. one positive to emerge from negotiations so far has been that for the first time in recent memory, republicans have expressed an openness to increased revenues which means the choke hold grover norquist and his tax pledge held on republicans may be loosening. frank bruni thinks republicans devolved into dummies and nor west was their ventriloquist. not everyone saw norquist as the cause of the problem. defending him truth is that mr. norquist doesn't have such power. the voters do. he had the wit to channel the electorate's limited government beliefs into a si
not to be outdone speaker boehner announced that house republicans would be making similar appearances across the country, going to small businesses to speak about the "threat to jobs posed by congressional democrats" small business tax hike. while members of congress plan to take their case to the american people, the afl-cio is planning to take the american people to members of congress sending 33 local union leaders to capitol hill to push members of congress to let the bush tax...
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. >> boehner is not in a in a great spot. the polls are against him. half of his caucus is against him. taxes rise on the rich. polls showing republicans aren't with them. they are dying on the hill for it. what he is laying down is so illogical that he just is the collapsing under the weight of it. look, the president will not tell us what he is willing to cut. the president is not saying he wants to the cut anything. all he did was extend tax cuts the bottom 98% and raise him on the top 2 and punt on the sequester and be done with it. the president isn't clamoring for medicare and social security cuts. he probably would agree to some type of cuts in order to get whaechts. ideal on earth would he be the one it makes so little sense i think it's collapsing in its own weight. >> boehner keeps saying it over and over again. to me, anytime he says it t it looks like he believes it less. of course, so far as we know nothing was accomplished by this meeting yesterday. i think it's clear going back two years ago we have learned nothing is going to be accompl
. >> boehner is not in a in a great spot. the polls are against him. half of his caucus is against him. taxes rise on the rich. polls showing republicans aren't with them. they are dying on the hill for it. what he is laying down is so illogical that he just is the collapsing under the weight of it. look, the president will not tell us what he is willing to cut. the president is not saying he wants to the cut anything. all he did was extend tax cuts the bottom 98% and raise him on the top...
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boehner, why are you representing the 2% and not just the 98%. lots and lots to talk about here this morning. and you'll want to get into the conversation, we know, and you can do so, give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter and talk to us on twitter at bpshow. or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. our team here, entire team, phil backert has the phones. >> go ahead. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. it was a tough lunch yesterday. >> still a little foggy. i've never seen you drink so many martinis. >> bill: well, they're good at the palm. so i just tell them to make a pitcher. [ laughter ] >> bill: i was well-behaved compared to cyprian. cyprian is our videographer here. he slept from noon yesterday until what? i think 4:00 this morning. >> he just woke up. he looks terrible this morning. >> bill: poor guy. he can't even speak to defend himself. >> i've never seen anybody mix cocktails the way he did. he put a little bit of everything behind the bar. rum, tequila vodka tomato juice and pineapple juice. >> bill: it beats
boehner, why are you representing the 2% and not just the 98%. lots and lots to talk about here this morning. and you'll want to get into the conversation, we know, and you can do so, give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter and talk to us on twitter at bpshow. or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. our team here, entire team, phil backert has the phones. >> go ahead. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. it was a tough lunch yesterday. >> still a little...
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they got to quite a good deal. >> bill: boehner and obama did. >> boehner and obama did but then it was kiboshed by the republicans. >> bill: by cantor and boehner who were a part of the meetings. the president realizes you can't get much done with them unless you do have a lot of pressure from the outside on the republican -- which is why he's meeting with small business leaders, middle class americans big business leaders going up to this toy factory in pennsylvania on friday. and again ronald reagan very effectively rallied the american people behind what he wanted. >> i think they learned a lesson of the last fiscal cliff. they realize they need to get out vand popular support. not just from the people but for business leaders. i think it is the business leaders who are going to put the pressure on the republicans to do something. >> bill: nick is calling from madison, wisconsin. the republican, madison. we love it. >> caller: first time caller. glad to be on. >> bill: glad you're here. >> caller: i really just have to say that i'm absolutely disgusted with the grover norquist thing
they got to quite a good deal. >> bill: boehner and obama did. >> boehner and obama did but then it was kiboshed by the republicans. >> bill: by cantor and boehner who were a part of the meetings. the president realizes you can't get much done with them unless you do have a lot of pressure from the outside on the republican -- which is why he's meeting with small business leaders, middle class americans big business leaders going up to this toy factory in pennsylvania on...
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republicans are going to be watching that, too boehner has an opportunity to correct. we'll see if he does. funker oh the showdown on the fiscal cliff, president obama today met with middle class americans, corporate executives and he was urging supporters to use #my2k to determine how tax changes would affect them. an schmidt tweeted: >> do you think it's a good idea to go out to the people as the president is negotiating with congress. >> i personally am a big proponent of anytime you're blinging people into the halls of capitol hill, this is one of the most polarized congresses we have seen. compromise has not been king of the hill for sometime now. i'm not sure it works. last year, bringing public pressure to the payroll cut extension through congress. i'm not sure it works this time, but it's an innovative way to get folks engaged. >> of course all of this negotiation around the fiscal cliff, the president actually indicated today that he might be president-electable. he says he's not necessarily looking for income tax rates as high as they were under president cl
republicans are going to be watching that, too boehner has an opportunity to correct. we'll see if he does. funker oh the showdown on the fiscal cliff, president obama today met with middle class americans, corporate executives and he was urging supporters to use #my2k to determine how tax changes would affect them. an schmidt tweeted: >> do you think it's a good idea to go out to the people as the president is negotiating with congress. >> i personally am a big proponent of anytime...
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thefumes that come off of john boehner are flammable. >> should have been john boehner. >> meredith is a friend of bill. dame zirin, the nation's magazine sports editor. meredith, we want to find out what's happening, if anything, on the hill. but first, this is the "full-court press"." >> dan with the big stories of the day. >> barbara walters leaked the first name of one of this year's most fascinating people. the show airs next week on abc. it is honey booboo. >> the tlc toddlers and tiaras beauty queen will be part of the special. no word who else will be on that list. >> how dare you reveal the names. this is the biggest suspense of the year. who will barbara walters name? i could care less. >> last year kim kardashian. all three sisters. that did not go over well they said they need more serious people on the list. now you have them, honey boo-boo. >> walters jumped a sharks in 1790. >> i would like to be employed, continue to be employed. i don't have luxury of my own radio show yet. >> plenty of lawmakers have done the flood stamp challenge. mayor cory booker tweeted a photogra
thefumes that come off of john boehner are flammable. >> should have been john boehner. >> meredith is a friend of bill. dame zirin, the nation's magazine sports editor. meredith, we want to find out what's happening, if anything, on the hill. but first, this is the "full-court press"." >> dan with the big stories of the day. >> barbara walters leaked the first name of one of this year's most fascinating people. the show airs next week on abc. it is honey...
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> jennifer: it's going to be really tough in the house and the question will be whether or not john boehner will be able to put up the vote. he has done it in the past, so he might be able to do that and take one for the team nationally. i think it's going to--as this plays out the republican presidential primary 2016 will i think lay bear a lot of these very more uglyier elements of the republican party. again it will surface and again it will be a problem for them if they button this right away. a buzzfeed posted a memo from a moderate republican group and it advised the republicans how to talk about immigration, and it includes the following advice. do use undocumented immigrant when referring to those here without documentation. but don't use the word illegals or aliens, and don't use the term anchor baby. what do you think the republicans' learning curve on communicating reform is going to be? >> good luck with that. maybe if frank lunce was telling them, i don't know this will be interesting to keep tabs, to see how many go along with it. and maybe they'll call democratic party rather
> jennifer: it's going to be really tough in the house and the question will be whether or not john boehner will be able to put up the vote. he has done it in the past, so he might be able to do that and take one for the team nationally. i think it's going to--as this plays out the republican presidential primary 2016 will i think lay bear a lot of these very more uglyier elements of the republican party. again it will surface and again it will be a problem for them if they button this right...
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boehner won't do it. why won't boehner do it because boehner says that still says -- he's just dead ass wrong he still says that raising taxes on the wealthiest of americans on the 2% would cost -- would kill jobs and kill the economy and we know from the eight years under bill clinton proven just the opposite. in the eight years under george bush proven when you do give tax cuts to the rich, the economy doesn't soar, it sinks. president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always very clever. obama operation. they came up with a way for all americans to be able to sound off on this issue. he noted that if the tax cuts on the middle class on the 98% do go up, middle class americans will pay $2,000 more in taxes every year. that means $2,000 out of your pocket so the president's asking people to tell members of congress what that -- what you could do with that $2,000. what that $2,000 would mean to you and they're sending -- asking people to send their stories to their member of congress. republi
boehner won't do it. why won't boehner do it because boehner says that still says -- he's just dead ass wrong he still says that raising taxes on the wealthiest of americans on the 2% would cost -- would kill jobs and kill the economy and we know from the eight years under bill clinton proven just the opposite. in the eight years under george bush proven when you do give tax cuts to the rich, the economy doesn't soar, it sinks. president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always...
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please reach out to john boehner at speaker boehner on twitter. gracey saying why do republicans keep harping about entitlements. they're earned benefits. is it to satisfy some deep-seated sadistic need to starve people? allen says i have an idea! let's let speaker boehner live on my paycheck for a month. i bring home $480 every two weeks after taxes. and damian says he reached out to speaker boehner on twitter and said i told him he was wrong and bill, speaker boehner started crying. he's very sad. >> bill: i guess -- we've been asking everybody to get in touch with this office and tell them to lead or get out of the way. lead or resign because he's showing no leadership by sticking to the same old tired arguments that they were -- that we heard before november 6th. but i guess we should have warned people that -- expect him to break down. >> feelings may get hurt. >> emotional guy. >> bill: you know where he was last night man. he might be total anti-obama, unwilling to compromise, not willing to even recognize there was an election but he was a
please reach out to john boehner at speaker boehner on twitter. gracey saying why do republicans keep harping about entitlements. they're earned benefits. is it to satisfy some deep-seated sadistic need to starve people? allen says i have an idea! let's let speaker boehner live on my paycheck for a month. i bring home $480 every two weeks after taxes. and damian says he reached out to speaker boehner on twitter and said i told him he was wrong and bill, speaker boehner started crying. he's very...
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john boehner said . . . >> michael: and just this morning, the coal industry announced that it will kick off a multi-million dollars campaign this week to counter obama's plan. joining us from washington, d.c. to talk about the president's speech is michael brune, executive director of the sierra club. and we are very appreciative of your time in coming into "the war room" today. thanks so much. >> hi, michael. thanks for having me on. >> michael: the president prom mitted to act on climate changes in his inaugural address. let's listen to that. >> obama: we will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that failing to do so would betray our children and future generations. >> michael: will he now push this issue forward, or is his speech just a way to appease environmentalists? >> no, i thought his speech was great. and it's ancation -- an indication that fighting climate change will be a priority for him. in contrast to the supreme court, today was an uplifting experience in terms of climate change. he said fighting climate change is a priority, and he is going after the largest
john boehner said . . . >> michael: and just this morning, the coal industry announced that it will kick off a multi-million dollars campaign this week to counter obama's plan. joining us from washington, d.c. to talk about the president's speech is michael brune, executive director of the sierra club. and we are very appreciative of your time in coming into "the war room" today. thanks so much. >> hi, michael. thanks for having me on. >> michael: the president prom...
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if political catholic leaders like speaker of the house john boehner, follow the nra's line on gun control and not the moral teachings of their own church. >> well, it is a bit shocking because the conscience, how they can do that. i think one of the things we're seeing is that there is a strong element of fear in our society that generates this idea that people need weapons to protect themselves from others or from the government. and that is this fear that is eroding our capacity to have a democratic government. so we believe at network, if we work on the aspects of fear, where we break down fear by getting to know our neighbors by knowing that we're in this together, that really by exercising what jesus says about coming together, about two or three being gathered together, about all of us sharing the resources that we have, that if we come together in community fear will be lessened and in lessening fear then, we lessen the desire to use these weapons that are so horrific. >> john: sister, how dare you be so unpatriotic and talk about faith. the u.s. conference of bishops spoke forcefu
if political catholic leaders like speaker of the house john boehner, follow the nra's line on gun control and not the moral teachings of their own church. >> well, it is a bit shocking because the conscience, how they can do that. i think one of the things we're seeing is that there is a strong element of fear in our society that generates this idea that people need weapons to protect themselves from others or from the government. and that is this fear that is eroding our capacity to...
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when john boehner said we don't have a long term debt problem in this country it seemed he and president obama agreed to tone down the rhetoric to calm people a a bit. were you encouraged by that statement? >> i am encouraged in the sense that there is not a long term debt problem. there's a health care problems that underlies a lot of the concern about medicare. medicare actually could be a solution to the long term health care bucket problem because medicare's much more officials. if we used medicare and made it available to all people, we actually would have a way of bringing down that cost curb, health care increase that is going to cripple the entire economy. >> single pair would save the economy, but you the would hurt the insurers and that can't happen. cypress securing a bailout are there any events we can learn? >> one is that when you live by the idea that you are going to be an economy based upon tax avoidance, which is exactly what had cyprus has done, you can die by the same principle. capitol can slosh in and slosh out as fastly as it sloshes in. the financial sector of our
when john boehner said we don't have a long term debt problem in this country it seemed he and president obama agreed to tone down the rhetoric to calm people a a bit. were you encouraged by that statement? >> i am encouraged in the sense that there is not a long term debt problem. there's a health care problems that underlies a lot of the concern about medicare. medicare actually could be a solution to the long term health care bucket problem because medicare's much more officials. if we...
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house speaker boehner said yesterday that he was seeing no progress in negotiations but the democrats, they don't really agree with that too much. they think the g.o.p. is ready to cave in and pass the plan that would extend the bush tax cuts for everyone except the top 2%. now, that's of course a pretty big gamble but since many republicans are calling for the same and back away from norquist's pledge, the democrats do feel like they have some pretty big leverage. that deal would just solve part of the problem and put much of the negotiations off until next year. we'll be right back. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ male announcer ]
house speaker boehner said yesterday that he was seeing no progress in negotiations but the democrats, they don't really agree with that too much. they think the g.o.p. is ready to cave in and pass the plan that would extend the bush tax cuts for everyone except the top 2%. now, that's of course a pretty big gamble but since many republicans are calling for the same and back away from norquist's pledge, the democrats do feel like they have some pretty big leverage. that deal would just solve...
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. >> stephanie: and they're looking at this same polling and yet john boehner is still saying things like this. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house walks this process the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> stephanie: how many times can the president say it? you know, this is not negotiable. tax rates have to go up on the wealthiest. >> right. well you know, it is a very strange situation. it does feel a lot like groundhog day. but i think john boehner knows what's going to happen and right now, what he's trying to do is make a deal that won't cost him his speakership and it also won't be undermined by people in his caucus. he needs to have a significant share of republican's vote for whatever we do and i think he's trying to do that. that's why he sent us home a day early last week and canceled business this week. i think he's trying to keep his own people out of town so he has more flexibility in coming up with a solution. >> stephanie: you know it seems to me, representative, you described it exactly right. that's the problem is that
. >> stephanie: and they're looking at this same polling and yet john boehner is still saying things like this. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house walks this process the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> stephanie: how many times can the president say it? you know, this is not negotiable. tax rates have to go up on the wealthiest. >> right. well you know, it is a very strange situation. it does feel a lot like groundhog...
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boehner. because -- >> stephanie: please, proceed. >> caller: half those cuts and the sequester come from the military spending. now, who's the biggest republican donors to campaigns? it's the military contractors. and there's only about 10 or 12 companies. so when they start losing $42 billion in expenditures -- >> stephanie: yep -- >> caller: they're going to see right in those guys and they're going to come begging to president obama please get us out of this. >> stephanie: yep. >> riding those guys hard. >> riding those guys hard. >> it will be fantastic. >> rochester. >> you know what? i think he makes a really good point because when the military cuts start to hurt the military, i think the president's going to be in a very good position to show that he tried to stop this from happening. >> stephanie: he's running the famous chipmunk strategy on boehner. >> after you. >> oh, no, thank you. >> i'm pretty happy. >> what happened? >> oh, no! >> despicable, the president and this sequestrati
boehner. because -- >> stephanie: please, proceed. >> caller: half those cuts and the sequester come from the military spending. now, who's the biggest republican donors to campaigns? it's the military contractors. and there's only about 10 or 12 companies. so when they start losing $42 billion in expenditures -- >> stephanie: yep -- >> caller: they're going to see right in those guys and they're going to come begging to president obama please get us out of this....
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boehner -- >> suckle me flabbergasted. [mumbling] >> stephanie: boehner described negotiations as going nowhere, period and there is a chance the nation will go over the fiscal cliff. if you're driving it is. >> boehner was -- geithner was more optimistic. he doesn't expect a counter offer right away as they work to sort out tensions within the party. yeah that's the thing. now we need to wait until they finish having their argument among themselves. he and his tea party caucus. [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: and then get back to us. he said all that's blocking is republicans reluctance to accept higher taxes on the wealthy. revenues will have to go up. they haven't told us anything about who should pay higher taxes. so you can't negotiate with somebody who's not offering any -- >> details. >> stephanie: yes. thank you. all right. the president. >> obama: if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family. everybody here, you'll see the taxes go up on
boehner -- >> suckle me flabbergasted. [mumbling] >> stephanie: boehner described negotiations as going nowhere, period and there is a chance the nation will go over the fiscal cliff. if you're driving it is. >> boehner was -- geithner was more optimistic. he doesn't expect a counter offer right away as they work to sort out tensions within the party. yeah that's the thing. now we need to wait until they finish having their argument among themselves. he and his tea party...
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tonight's big thing is the big fat, flaming lie of the day from house speaker john boehner. here's the good speaker today still trying to blame the president for something he passed through congress, the sequester. >> where's the president's plan to avoid the sequester? have you seen one? i haven't seen one. all i've heard is he wants to raise taxes again. where's the president's plan? >> john: raise taxes again? that's what closing loopholes is called. where's the president's plan? right here john. see, i printed this out from white house.gov. there is a link right on the front page and it includes the president's last offer to you! in writing! so sir either you're lying or you just don't look at your e-mail. >>> now, early this morning a rocket was launched from ga zoo into israel destroying a road but causing no casualties. this latest escalation broke the three-month cease-fire agreement following the violent clashes last november. the strike came in retaliation for the death of arafat jaradat, a palestinian prisoner who died of suspicious causes while in custody in an i
tonight's big thing is the big fat, flaming lie of the day from house speaker john boehner. here's the good speaker today still trying to blame the president for something he passed through congress, the sequester. >> where's the president's plan to avoid the sequester? have you seen one? i haven't seen one. all i've heard is he wants to raise taxes again. where's the president's plan? >> john: raise taxes again? that's what closing loopholes is called. where's the president's plan?...
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. >> john: of course if you listened to speaker of the house john boehner you would know that the $85 billion that the sequester's removed from the economy this year is all the democrats' fault especially, mr. obamas. >> we've known about this for 16 months. and yet even today there's no plan from senate democrats or the white house to replace the sequester. >> that's just not true. they made it very clear as the president just did that he has a plan that he has put forward that involves entitlement cuts, spending cuts that you made a choice as have republicans to leave tax loopholes in place and you'd rather have those than live with all these arbitrary cuts. >> that's just nonsense. if he had a plan why wouldn't senate democrats go ahead and pass it. >> john: that plan exists on the white house website right now. we'll have more on david gregory's experimenting with follow-up questions on tonight's f-bomb. you don't want to miss it. as for why the senate democrats wouldn't go ahead and pass the president's plan, that might have as much of the republican's use of the filibuster to fo
. >> john: of course if you listened to speaker of the house john boehner you would know that the $85 billion that the sequester's removed from the economy this year is all the democrats' fault especially, mr. obamas. >> we've known about this for 16 months. and yet even today there's no plan from senate democrats or the white house to replace the sequester. >> that's just not true. they made it very clear as the president just did that he has a plan that he has put forward...
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as opposed to john boehner and most of the republicans. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: john boehner has been screaming and yelling about the two bills that congress passed that everybody should act on. those bills were passed in the last congress. they are now dead. >> stephanie: yes, thank you. they couldn't get off their ass if they want to. >> we have moved the bill in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> stephanie: is he developing a lisp there? >> a third bill. get off your ass. >> stephanie: his tongue is partially numbed by bourbon. >> two fingers of bourbon. >> stephanie: al in texas. hi al, welcome. >> caller: hello. >> stephanie: hello al. >> caller: we have a state representative from plano which ain't far from where i live, one that has a tax-free holiday to buy guns. >> stephanie: a tax-free holiday -- say that one more time? >> to buy a gun? >> caller: the texas liberation day on march 2nd beginning next year, you can buy all of the firearms you want and bullets and hunting gear to
as opposed to john boehner and most of the republicans. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: john boehner has been screaming and yelling about the two bills that congress passed that everybody should act on. those bills were passed in the last congress. they are now dead. >> stephanie: yes, thank you. they couldn't get off their ass if they want to. >> we have moved the bill in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and...
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so john boehner can't get up every day and say where are the jobs? and so the new meme is scandalmongering even when there's no scandal. when it comes to the economy i think the white house is still deeply concerned that there will be another downturn, china is slowing down significantly. europe austerity is a disaster. the republicans want none of that conversation. all they want is the i.r.s. >> john: absolutely. i want to take issue with you on the scandal thing. if the economy continues to improve gradually despite their best efforts, is that going to force the g.o.p. to have to sit down and negotiate with this president and do something other than obstruction? >> look, i don't think they know how to do anything else at this point. i wish they did and you and i have watched this play out throughout the entirety of the obama administration where he reaches across the aisle. he gives them an olive branch. they cut it in half. they pick off the leaves and throw it back at him and say you won't work with us. all they do is drop subpoenas on various m
so john boehner can't get up every day and say where are the jobs? and so the new meme is scandalmongering even when there's no scandal. when it comes to the economy i think the white house is still deeply concerned that there will be another downturn, china is slowing down significantly. europe austerity is a disaster. the republicans want none of that conversation. all they want is the i.r.s. >> john: absolutely. i want to take issue with you on the scandal thing. if the economy...
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john boehner demanded the president direct the state department to turn over emails immediately following the attacks. >> while a few of our members were able to review these emails, they were not allowed to keep them or to share them with others. we all on the president to release these unclassified interagency emails so the american people can see them. >> also, according to fox news, former vice president dick cheney today told house republicans that" i think hillary clinton should be subpoena's if necessary." that is their best hope of weakening hillary clinton before the 2016 elections. we have someone who can give us the clean facts michael o'hanlon is senior defense fellow at the brookings institution and joins us from washington d.c. welcome back inside the war room. >> nice to be with you thanks for having me. >> politics were driving the hearings yesterday republicans are sympathy shocked by what they heard. was there anything surprising yesterday? >> you know, i think that it is certainly a sad episode in many ways at this point. i do think that there are some important questio
john boehner demanded the president direct the state department to turn over emails immediately following the attacks. >> while a few of our members were able to review these emails, they were not allowed to keep them or to share them with others. we all on the president to release these unclassified interagency emails so the american people can see them. >> also, according to fox news, former vice president dick cheney today told house republicans that" i think hillary clinton...
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john boehner had this to say about it. he said nebraska's approval of the new keystone xl pipeline route means there is no bureaucratic excuse, hurdle or catch president obama can use to delay this project any further. he and he alone stands in the way of tens of thousands of new jobs and energy security. i mean, that's putting it right on the president. >> here is the reality about the keystone pipeline that comes from canada to the united states to deliver oil. that oil is going to somewhere no matter what. this is becoming an ideological touchstone in washington but it doesn't mean a whole lot. that oil will find its way to china, the united states, to europe, wherever it's needed whether the pipeline comes to the united states or it goes across canada and off the coast of vancouver british columbia. this dc fight has very little meaning in the larger picture. >> michael: but those dc fights change the way we talk about it. >> they do. >> michael: it will be the centerpiece for however long for a moment or months of con
john boehner had this to say about it. he said nebraska's approval of the new keystone xl pipeline route means there is no bureaucratic excuse, hurdle or catch president obama can use to delay this project any further. he and he alone stands in the way of tens of thousands of new jobs and energy security. i mean, that's putting it right on the president. >> here is the reality about the keystone pipeline that comes from canada to the united states to deliver oil. that oil is going to...
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and then speaker boehner saying he should apologize. boehner thought young had not apologized. he hadn't. young had to really apologize. so complete fumble. there is history between don young and john boehner. young has gotten into some ethical problems before, been investigated. he obviously was the author of the bridge to no where earmark. boehner was not a fan of that this is a terrible time of course for republicans. they can't keep -- they keep doing and saying these things. obama care is supported by a lot of hispanics. by a 2 to 1 margin. the family foundation. so if you are going to repeal obama care, you have to deal with, well hispanics like obama carenow. that has turned around over the last couple of years. >> do you think that -- there was word that the so-called gang of 8 in the senate is closed to a deal on immigration reform do you think this imperative of how poorly they did last november will translate into meaningful immigration reform? >> i think the party leaders are slowly trying to move the republican party to embrace some type of path toopath to citizens
and then speaker boehner saying he should apologize. boehner thought young had not apologized. he hadn't. young had to really apologize. so complete fumble. there is history between don young and john boehner. young has gotten into some ethical problems before, been investigated. he obviously was the author of the bridge to no where earmark. boehner was not a fan of that this is a terrible time of course for republicans. they can't keep -- they keep doing and saying these things. obama care is...
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john boehner paul ryan eric cantor all voted for it. and when it was over john boehner said i love this. i got 98% of what i want. these cuts which are so bad that everybody thought never, never, never would congress go along with it. you know why the republicans want to go along with it? because they don't give a damn. they don't care if the government is whacked across the board. first responders and air traffic controllers and pell grants and all of that other stuff cut. they don't care. so my question to you is, do you think this see quester is going to happen? and if it does and it looks like it is, who gets the blame? i think the american people know who gets the blame. they are not going to blame it on president obama. but the republicans are stupid stupid, stupid. let's talk about it. >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. ♪ for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on curre
john boehner paul ryan eric cantor all voted for it. and when it was over john boehner said i love this. i got 98% of what i want. these cuts which are so bad that everybody thought never, never, never would congress go along with it. you know why the republicans want to go along with it? because they don't give a damn. they don't care if the government is whacked across the board. first responders and air traffic controllers and pell grants and all of that other stuff cut. they don't care. so...